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- From: mpulver@research.canon.oz.au (Mark Pulver)
- Newsgroups: aus.followup
- Subject: Re: Australian Products
- Message-ID: <C18tp8.AGC@research.canon.oz.au>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 06:51:08 GMT
- References: <1993J an15.050239.3995@cerberus.bhpese.oz.au> <ADT.93Jan18171826@saussure.technix.oz.au> <1993Jan19.103841.165566@dstos3.dsto.gov.au>
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- In article <1993Jan19.103841.165566@dstos3.dsto.gov.au> pjk@manta.dsto.oz.au (Peter Kootsookos) writes:
- >adt@technix.oz.au (Andrew Tune) writes:
- >
- >
- >Yes, they are separate issues, but they are by no means unrelated. Take, for
- >example, the formerly Australian company Austek Microsystems. They
- >were bought out by a US company, and now Austek is non-existent in Australia.
- >They are now delivering no benefit to the community here, no jobs, no
- >money, no export $. Nothing. This is what people are worried about.
- >
-
- Austek Microsystem was not bought out by a US company.
-
- Austek Microsystems Pty Ltd was the Australain design house.
- Austek Microsystems XXX was the US based marketing/sale house.
- They were both owned by Austek Microsystems YYYY, a US company with
- about 50/50 Australain/US board members. This was done so if it went public
- it would do it on the US stock market.
-
- At some point the head office was moved the US side, because that the sales
- side.
-
- The Australian company was forced to closed down, because the US office
- called in intra-company debts.
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